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Note: The text includes key elements in brackets that are procedural pieces that will be determined by the CWG when it comes to implementing the CoC and RG.
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**Social.Coop Member Code of Conduct - v3 Release Candidate 1**
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**1. Purpose and Values**
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As a cooperative, social.coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. Our members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others. We also follow the rest of the [ICA Cooperative Values and Principles](https://www.ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles)
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We welcome anyone able to use our services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership. We particularly celebrate diversity and do not tolerate bigotry or prejudice.[^1] Diverse opinions on politics, religion, and other matters are welcome as long as they align with our core values.
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**2. Scope**
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We expect all social.coop community participants to abide by this Code of Conduct in all community venues and in any other context pertaining to community business, including in-person events.
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This code of conduct and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of community activities in cases where such behavior may adversely affect the safety and well-being of community members.
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**3. Encouraged Behavior**
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I will:
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* Help maintain a culture of inclusivity and open participation
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* Show care, consideration, and respect for others.
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* Keep in mind the potential for misunderstandings, avoiding assumptions of bad faith.
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* Keep criticism constructive.
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* Attempt to de-escalate conflicts as they arise.
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* Participate in an authentic way.
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**4. Unacceptable Behavior**
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I will not:
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* Use violence, threats of violence, or violent language directed against another person.
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* Harass — defined as continuing to interact with or post about another person after having been asked to stop.
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* This includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual attention, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and dogpiling.
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* Make offensive comments or insults, particularly in relation to diverse traits (as referenced in our values above).
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* Advocate or encourage any of the above behavior.
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**5. Content**
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I am responsible for the content I share, and will:
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* Use content warnings (CWs) when sharing violent or sexual material and whenever else is appropriate.
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* Strive to make posts accessible with alt-text descriptions for visual media and transcriptions for audio.
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* Give credit and recognize the contributions of others.
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* Particularly promote products or services provided by individuals, cooperatives, or aligned communities over those provided by non-co-op, for-profit companies.
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I will not post, threaten to post, nor share:
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* Personally Identifiable Information about others. (“doxing”)
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* Sexual Material that is either:
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* Without consent, or
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* Depicting individuals appearing to be under age 18 — including Loli.
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* Excessively frequent promotions of a product or service (i.e. spam)
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**6. Reporting**
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If I am offended or uncomfortable with something, I know that I have the option to:
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* a) engage publicly or privately with others (perhaps with help) to constructively resolve our differences
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* b) block or mute a user
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* c) report the incident to social.coop
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See details at [Reporting Guidelines](https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/wikis/Reporting-Guide-v3---Release-Candidate-1)
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**7. Resources**
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The Community Working Group will maintain a list of resources about codes of conduct and strategies for constructive and healthy discussion online.
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**8. License and Attribution**
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This Code of Conduct is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
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Portions of text derived from the Citizen Code of Conduct. Revision 2.2. Posted 6 March 2017.
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[^1]: We care about protecting the safety and well-being of marginalized groups. Some documents offer comprehensive lists, but we're concerned that efforts to be comprehensive inevitably leave out some deserving groups. An earlier version of our document said, "As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for members regardless of qualities such as gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, family structure, spirituality, religion (or lack thereof), education, or other personal traits." |
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